Have you ever found yourself somewhere between rock bottom and the pinnacle of your career? Not failing, not winning — just stuck in the strange middle where everything looks fine from the outside and feels deeply wrong on the inside? I have. And it happened during what people around me kept calling the most successful chapter of my career.

In this episode, I share what that period actually looked like — including all the signs I missed that I was heading in the wrong direction. I talk about my own history, how I ended up there, and the questions I wish someone had asked me at the time. We also get into something I think about a lot: how the cultural definition of a "successful" career often has very little to do with the inner experience of actually living one.

If you've been quietly suspecting that your version of "doing well" doesn't actually feel well, this episode is the start of a different conversation.

This episode originally aired on Hitting Rock Middle, the show that has since evolved into The Sallie Ogden Show.

About the show:

The Sallie Ogden Show is for the woman who's already built something — and is stuck at the plateau where the old playbook stops working. Tactical when you need a number. Honest when you need a mirror. Hosted by former lawyer turned consultant Sallie Ogden.

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